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Is this necessary? I know people sometimes contact us about spelling errors and suchlike, but I'm unaware of any non-Wikipedians contacting us about vandalism. Martin 23:48, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I removed it, but I will add it back, I think. Martin
Sometimes it becomes necessary to block the IP address of a troublesome user. Rarely, however, that user may share the same IP address with another person trying to edit Wikipedia.
If you are such a person, you should follow the directions on the 'Blocked user' message that is displayed when you try to edit. You can also directly contact a Wikipedia Administrator by visiting Wikipedia:Administrators#List of administrators (look for Administrators who have "email" links by their user names, then use those links).
Didn't know there was any sandbox where you can edit whatever you can to test, didn't see it anywhere
Anyone have any problem with moving this page to Wikipedia:Contact and dropping the "Us"? It implies a closed, insular community of editors and seems amateurish. I'd also like this page to express a greater distinction between contacting editors and the Foundation/Jimbo. Andre ( talk) 08:30, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
I never can memorize the code to generate a bordered window with a color background. like for instance, this template below: {{sandbox}}
I want a template with a raw text field and variable background color to be generate, will you consider that? It would be much easier than memorizomg the code. -- SuperDude 16:06, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
After looking into a little of this page's history, I'm wondering if a header like the {{ RD header}} or the {{ HD header}} which would offer links to the Help desk and Reference desk might be suitable here. I don't mean the extensive instructions on those headers as much as the large red notices at the top. I know that any patient user would be able to actually read through the page to find those, but I realize that some users aren't getting the picture. Any ideas? - JJLeahy 00:41, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
At the bottom next to "about us" there should be a "contact us" link. If I were a casual browser, I would find locating a contact address too difficult. lots of issues | leave me a message 22:33, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the purpose of a "how to contact us" page which hides or omits the addreess of the English Wikipedia Mailing List? I can't even find a link the archives.
As the admin of the mailing list, this greatly offends me, and I daresay it disturbs our community and those seeking to join it, interact with it, or even just enjoy our product. Uncle Ed 16:06, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
Please simplify or at least include easy-to-follow suggestions for the brain-weary! I am not sure I understand how any of this works.
hi my name is Sofia Im new to Wikipedia and, from what I can see, It looks great!!. I want to suggest this page to my friends who can I Do it? Could you add a link to suggest this site.
Sofia
moved to Talk:Potterish
The page was changed from a bunch of paragraphs to a series of lines to make it easier for users.
Some guidelines on what to add or not to add: The page must remain relatively short, or people won't take the time to find out the proper link to use. That means stuff already on the Help Contents or on one of the links already on the page should not be added. If you think a useful link should go there then go ahead and add it to the proper section. Elfguy 16:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Is there any reason all the email addresses have been removed? The page used to include the email addresses of Jimbo, the Board, info-en, and the wiki-en mailing list. Now most of those are gone and the Board's address seems to only be hidden in the "Wikipedia users" section with no mention in the Foundation section. Angela . 15:43, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Where does one go to:
1) See the rules on offensive users
2) Complain about offensive users
??? 71.33.53.65 21:47, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
WELL??? how long does it take to get an anwer? 207.69.139.149
Hi, Do you have information about living scientits Hans Bhete.
putt_jattande2005@yahoo.com un
signed by
169.199.16.27
El_C
20:36, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is not a complaint. I was just wondering whether it would be a good idea to have a hits counter included in every article. In this way, we can see which articles generate the most interest, and which articles can be deleted, if necessary. — PM Poon 02:03, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
There was a complaint on the helpdesk mailing list about the confusing mass of links on this page with no clear way to email anyone (even though they did manage to mail the list) - so I've taken the liberty to move the questions section to the top of the page, as I feel these will be the main issues/wants a total newbie will have. Still, the section could be even clearer, I think. Cormaggio @ 22:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering if we should remove the mention of the IRC channel from the contact us link since the majority of users are not active on IRC and in general consensus lately has been to seperate the IRC channel from wikimedia at least at the official level including the recent removal of mentioning the IRC channel on the error notices. Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 20:54, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
A recent news story [1] mentions that "Wikipedia did not respond to the M&G Online's queries". I asked the reporter how she contacted us, and she responded that she used this page, looked under Press Inquiries, and emailed Jimbo as directed.
Now I don't know why she didn't get a response, but I'd imagine Jimbo is rather busy. Could we put some other options under Press Inquiries? Jimbo and others designated by the Foundation should be making the official press comments, but with active Wikipedians online 24/7, there ought to be a method for getting comments from ordinary users (at least, the active ones.) Maybe a short listing of active Wikipedians who are willing to give interviews/comments? With the number of people in this project, there should never be an article on us going to press with no comment from the Wikipedia community at all. Isomorphic 02:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
I think this entire page could do with a bit of a reword, to format it into a table or something easier to navigate than at the top. In particular, people going to a contact us page are looking for an email address, and when they see it will click it and write an email. So here, people don't read the bullet points, they only read the email address and so send many unneeded requests to the HelpDesk. Also, while there is a big header on WP:HD explaining what should and shouldn't be asked, there is none here when linking to the HelpDesk.
But what is most important is that people know that anything you write to the HelpDesk and all related correspondence will be published online under the GFDL. Archives are found here or something of the kind.
jnothman talk 11:10, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
The contact us page is awful in just about every single way it can be.
It's too long. It's got too many options. Too much text. Too many links. It's confusing. It doesn't what it wants to be - a list of contacts or a list of useful links. It doesn't help new users much.
To be honest, I could probably write a 5 page essay on what's wrong with it.
So I present to you, the lovely and wonderful radical rethink of "contact us". It's very much work in progress, and I've only really started thinking about this in the last few hours :)
Very interested in comments though. Thanks, Tom- 02:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Usually, protection of pages like this is not done without consensus. However, there seems to be no consensus in protection this page. I would like to hear some thoughts on whether this page should be protected. I personally think that it shouldn't be. -- Ixfd64 18:16, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Having two e-mail addresses is not a good idea. What on earth is the difference between "e-mailing the help desk" and sending a "private inquiry" to new users? We should just have the one, or have some very clear guide as to what "private" means exactly.
The first question I was asked when I showed the current design to a new user was "what's a private inquiry?". So what address should we have? Tom- 01:13, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Depends on what you mean by private: Anyone can still subscribe to the list and read all emails, but the archives are no longer being put on the web. Yes in terms of why we were warning, maybe the message should be removed.
As for info-en: why do we need it if HelpDesk-l is the same but has a larger set of respondents?
jnothman talk 22:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
We need still more links to the reference desk: I would put under top questions "Who led Nairobi in the 1960s? and other factual questions..."
Also, since Rdsmith4's revision adding "about using Wikipedia" to the HelpDesk-l description:
jnothman talk 21:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
We reject insulting the Muslem's Prophet because press freedom don't mean to insult the others religion
Hello,
That's OK! Stephan KŒNIG
If you have any difficulties to find something: contact me and let me know. (Bee Gees, Beatles, Bill haley, surf music and so on :-) Stephan KŒNIG 19:17, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
WARNING: a very naughty virus is announced to be launched on the Net next Feb. 3 , 2006. You might have to update your antivirus and firewall!!! All the best from Liège (Belgium, western Europe). Stephan KŒNIG 19:23, 29 January 2006 (UTC) * code: as "blackmail" which will install itself in all the PCs connected and afterwords
If there aren't any problems with having interwiki links on this page, could someone please add an interwiki link to the Vietnamese version of this page?
[[vi:Wikipedia:Liên lạc]]
I haven't translated everything that the page links to yet, but I'm working on it. Thanks.
– Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 00:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not find a link written in English... Stephan KŒNIG 11:26, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/27012006/7/le-virus-nyxem-e-se-propage-discretement-avant-d-attaquer.html
I propose redirecting the ' Wikipedia:Contact us/Specific fact' subpage to Wikipedia:Questions, which serves the same purpose. Naturally, the link in this article would be changed to match. -- Ec5618 17:38, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Please don't revert/delete seeing it's only a discussion between Dr. Debug and I. Thank you. Stephan KŒNIG 23:55, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I, in fact, wrote a naughty virus called Blackmail is installing itself all over the Net and in all the computers connected and then will attack next Feb. 3, 2006: it will copy all your files, then will destroy them and your comp too. Pay attention with suspect e-mails (file(s) to be downloaded: don't open! Was it you wanted me to reply? Stephan KŒNIG 23:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam, It is mentioned on the page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_people
that there are 23 million Sindhi speakers. Though this figure is much lower than the fatual figure, but an other page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_language
states that the number of Sindhi speakers in only 19.7 millions. It is contradictions in what the Wikipedia states for Sindhi lanauge.
There is an other controversial statement on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_language
that Sindhi is written in Devnagri script. The fact is that the Devnagri script is never recognized officially. Even the govt. of India declares Sindhi as one of its official and national languages in ARABIC SINDHI script. Even if you consider the Devnagri script more acceptable to Sindhi Hindus in India, considering their smaller number (2.8 millions: as stated by one of your pages), the Sindhi article on the page
http://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
must have been place in Sindhi Arabic script. Sindhi is practically used as official language in Sindh in Sindhi Arabic Script. The official website of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF SINDHI LANGUAGE (INDIA) provides a Sindhi font for downloading, which is an ARABIC-SINDHI font. This established the fact that even in INDIA, Sindhi is dominantly accepted and written in ARABIC-SINDHI script.
Kindly redress the issue; by placing the articles in ARABIC-SINDHI script. In Devnagri script, that article on the page
http://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
seems NONESENSE to almost 100% percent of the Sindhi speakers.
Ahsan Ahmad Ursani
A lot of people email info-en asking for:
All these people receive "boilerplate" answers which redirect them away. In order to relieve the load on info-en, all such requests should be discouraged. David.Monniaux 13:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
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Is this necessary? I know people sometimes contact us about spelling errors and suchlike, but I'm unaware of any non-Wikipedians contacting us about vandalism. Martin 23:48, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I removed it, but I will add it back, I think. Martin
Sometimes it becomes necessary to block the IP address of a troublesome user. Rarely, however, that user may share the same IP address with another person trying to edit Wikipedia.
If you are such a person, you should follow the directions on the 'Blocked user' message that is displayed when you try to edit. You can also directly contact a Wikipedia Administrator by visiting Wikipedia:Administrators#List of administrators (look for Administrators who have "email" links by their user names, then use those links).
Didn't know there was any sandbox where you can edit whatever you can to test, didn't see it anywhere
Anyone have any problem with moving this page to Wikipedia:Contact and dropping the "Us"? It implies a closed, insular community of editors and seems amateurish. I'd also like this page to express a greater distinction between contacting editors and the Foundation/Jimbo. Andre ( talk) 08:30, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
I never can memorize the code to generate a bordered window with a color background. like for instance, this template below: {{sandbox}}
I want a template with a raw text field and variable background color to be generate, will you consider that? It would be much easier than memorizomg the code. -- SuperDude 16:06, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
After looking into a little of this page's history, I'm wondering if a header like the {{ RD header}} or the {{ HD header}} which would offer links to the Help desk and Reference desk might be suitable here. I don't mean the extensive instructions on those headers as much as the large red notices at the top. I know that any patient user would be able to actually read through the page to find those, but I realize that some users aren't getting the picture. Any ideas? - JJLeahy 00:41, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
At the bottom next to "about us" there should be a "contact us" link. If I were a casual browser, I would find locating a contact address too difficult. lots of issues | leave me a message 22:33, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
What is the purpose of a "how to contact us" page which hides or omits the addreess of the English Wikipedia Mailing List? I can't even find a link the archives.
As the admin of the mailing list, this greatly offends me, and I daresay it disturbs our community and those seeking to join it, interact with it, or even just enjoy our product. Uncle Ed 16:06, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
Please simplify or at least include easy-to-follow suggestions for the brain-weary! I am not sure I understand how any of this works.
hi my name is Sofia Im new to Wikipedia and, from what I can see, It looks great!!. I want to suggest this page to my friends who can I Do it? Could you add a link to suggest this site.
Sofia
moved to Talk:Potterish
The page was changed from a bunch of paragraphs to a series of lines to make it easier for users.
Some guidelines on what to add or not to add: The page must remain relatively short, or people won't take the time to find out the proper link to use. That means stuff already on the Help Contents or on one of the links already on the page should not be added. If you think a useful link should go there then go ahead and add it to the proper section. Elfguy 16:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Is there any reason all the email addresses have been removed? The page used to include the email addresses of Jimbo, the Board, info-en, and the wiki-en mailing list. Now most of those are gone and the Board's address seems to only be hidden in the "Wikipedia users" section with no mention in the Foundation section. Angela . 15:43, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Where does one go to:
1) See the rules on offensive users
2) Complain about offensive users
??? 71.33.53.65 21:47, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
WELL??? how long does it take to get an anwer? 207.69.139.149
Hi, Do you have information about living scientits Hans Bhete.
putt_jattande2005@yahoo.com un
signed by
169.199.16.27
El_C
20:36, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, this is not a complaint. I was just wondering whether it would be a good idea to have a hits counter included in every article. In this way, we can see which articles generate the most interest, and which articles can be deleted, if necessary. — PM Poon 02:03, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
There was a complaint on the helpdesk mailing list about the confusing mass of links on this page with no clear way to email anyone (even though they did manage to mail the list) - so I've taken the liberty to move the questions section to the top of the page, as I feel these will be the main issues/wants a total newbie will have. Still, the section could be even clearer, I think. Cormaggio @ 22:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
I was wondering if we should remove the mention of the IRC channel from the contact us link since the majority of users are not active on IRC and in general consensus lately has been to seperate the IRC channel from wikimedia at least at the official level including the recent removal of mentioning the IRC channel on the error notices. Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 20:54, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
A recent news story [1] mentions that "Wikipedia did not respond to the M&G Online's queries". I asked the reporter how she contacted us, and she responded that she used this page, looked under Press Inquiries, and emailed Jimbo as directed.
Now I don't know why she didn't get a response, but I'd imagine Jimbo is rather busy. Could we put some other options under Press Inquiries? Jimbo and others designated by the Foundation should be making the official press comments, but with active Wikipedians online 24/7, there ought to be a method for getting comments from ordinary users (at least, the active ones.) Maybe a short listing of active Wikipedians who are willing to give interviews/comments? With the number of people in this project, there should never be an article on us going to press with no comment from the Wikipedia community at all. Isomorphic 02:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
I think this entire page could do with a bit of a reword, to format it into a table or something easier to navigate than at the top. In particular, people going to a contact us page are looking for an email address, and when they see it will click it and write an email. So here, people don't read the bullet points, they only read the email address and so send many unneeded requests to the HelpDesk. Also, while there is a big header on WP:HD explaining what should and shouldn't be asked, there is none here when linking to the HelpDesk.
But what is most important is that people know that anything you write to the HelpDesk and all related correspondence will be published online under the GFDL. Archives are found here or something of the kind.
jnothman talk 11:10, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
The contact us page is awful in just about every single way it can be.
It's too long. It's got too many options. Too much text. Too many links. It's confusing. It doesn't what it wants to be - a list of contacts or a list of useful links. It doesn't help new users much.
To be honest, I could probably write a 5 page essay on what's wrong with it.
So I present to you, the lovely and wonderful radical rethink of "contact us". It's very much work in progress, and I've only really started thinking about this in the last few hours :)
Very interested in comments though. Thanks, Tom- 02:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Usually, protection of pages like this is not done without consensus. However, there seems to be no consensus in protection this page. I would like to hear some thoughts on whether this page should be protected. I personally think that it shouldn't be. -- Ixfd64 18:16, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Having two e-mail addresses is not a good idea. What on earth is the difference between "e-mailing the help desk" and sending a "private inquiry" to new users? We should just have the one, or have some very clear guide as to what "private" means exactly.
The first question I was asked when I showed the current design to a new user was "what's a private inquiry?". So what address should we have? Tom- 01:13, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Depends on what you mean by private: Anyone can still subscribe to the list and read all emails, but the archives are no longer being put on the web. Yes in terms of why we were warning, maybe the message should be removed.
As for info-en: why do we need it if HelpDesk-l is the same but has a larger set of respondents?
jnothman talk 22:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
We need still more links to the reference desk: I would put under top questions "Who led Nairobi in the 1960s? and other factual questions..."
Also, since Rdsmith4's revision adding "about using Wikipedia" to the HelpDesk-l description:
jnothman talk 21:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
We reject insulting the Muslem's Prophet because press freedom don't mean to insult the others religion
Hello,
That's OK! Stephan KŒNIG
If you have any difficulties to find something: contact me and let me know. (Bee Gees, Beatles, Bill haley, surf music and so on :-) Stephan KŒNIG 19:17, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
WARNING: a very naughty virus is announced to be launched on the Net next Feb. 3 , 2006. You might have to update your antivirus and firewall!!! All the best from Liège (Belgium, western Europe). Stephan KŒNIG 19:23, 29 January 2006 (UTC) * code: as "blackmail" which will install itself in all the PCs connected and afterwords
If there aren't any problems with having interwiki links on this page, could someone please add an interwiki link to the Vietnamese version of this page?
[[vi:Wikipedia:Liên lạc]]
I haven't translated everything that the page links to yet, but I'm working on it. Thanks.
– Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 00:38, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not find a link written in English... Stephan KŒNIG 11:26, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/27012006/7/le-virus-nyxem-e-se-propage-discretement-avant-d-attaquer.html
I propose redirecting the ' Wikipedia:Contact us/Specific fact' subpage to Wikipedia:Questions, which serves the same purpose. Naturally, the link in this article would be changed to match. -- Ec5618 17:38, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Please don't revert/delete seeing it's only a discussion between Dr. Debug and I. Thank you. Stephan KŒNIG 23:55, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I, in fact, wrote a naughty virus called Blackmail is installing itself all over the Net and in all the computers connected and then will attack next Feb. 3, 2006: it will copy all your files, then will destroy them and your comp too. Pay attention with suspect e-mails (file(s) to be downloaded: don't open! Was it you wanted me to reply? Stephan KŒNIG 23:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam, It is mentioned on the page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_people
that there are 23 million Sindhi speakers. Though this figure is much lower than the fatual figure, but an other page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_language
states that the number of Sindhi speakers in only 19.7 millions. It is contradictions in what the Wikipedia states for Sindhi lanauge.
There is an other controversial statement on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_language
that Sindhi is written in Devnagri script. The fact is that the Devnagri script is never recognized officially. Even the govt. of India declares Sindhi as one of its official and national languages in ARABIC SINDHI script. Even if you consider the Devnagri script more acceptable to Sindhi Hindus in India, considering their smaller number (2.8 millions: as stated by one of your pages), the Sindhi article on the page
http://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
must have been place in Sindhi Arabic script. Sindhi is practically used as official language in Sindh in Sindhi Arabic Script. The official website of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF SINDHI LANGUAGE (INDIA) provides a Sindhi font for downloading, which is an ARABIC-SINDHI font. This established the fact that even in INDIA, Sindhi is dominantly accepted and written in ARABIC-SINDHI script.
Kindly redress the issue; by placing the articles in ARABIC-SINDHI script. In Devnagri script, that article on the page
http://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
seems NONESENSE to almost 100% percent of the Sindhi speakers.
Ahsan Ahmad Ursani
A lot of people email info-en asking for:
All these people receive "boilerplate" answers which redirect them away. In order to relieve the load on info-en, all such requests should be discouraged. David.Monniaux 13:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)